Fabric-fastener.



G. H. GRAY.

FABRIC FASTENER.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 2. 1914.

1309,69? Patented Dec. 26, 1916.

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GUSTAVUS H. GRAY, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

FABRIC-FASTENER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 26, 1916.

Application filed February 2, 1914. Serial No. 815,880.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, GUs'rAvUs H. GRAY, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of St. Louis, Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Fabric-Fasteners, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to a fabric fastener and has for its object to provide a two-loop fastener of the class in which a button-element cooperateswith a loop-element to secure a fabric in place; the novelty of my invention residing in the use of a single tape to secure the loop elements together, which tape is passed through slots in the bases of the button-elements and has its terminals so folded upon themselves as to secure the tape to the button-elements without stitching or other fastening means.

In the drawingsFigure 1 is a plan view of a device embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view of the same.

As shown in the drawings, I employ two loop elements 5-5. The button-elements 77 are mounted upon the terminals of the tape 8, which terminals are passed through the two slots 9 with which the base 10 of each button element is provided, and said terminals are folded over upon themselves, as indicated by the numeral 11, so that they are secured to said button elements 7 without the use of any adhesive or non-adhesive fastening means. Where the form of loop element 5 shown in Fig. 1' is employed, a central brace-plate 13'is employed, having the two parallel slots 14-14 through which the tape 8 is passed as shown in Fig. 2.

I am aware that the loop-element 5 is old and in common use in combination with the button element 7 in various garment supporters; my invention resides in coupling two sets of loopand button-elements with a tape of any desired length, the tape having its terminals passed through slots in the bases of the button-elements as above described, and having its terminals folded over upon themselves to secure them in place. By this means the tape is seated and secured in operative position by hand, without the use of either tools or machines; and the tape can therefore be readily removed and replaced with new tape without the use of any mechanical means.

Having thus described my invention, what I desire to have secured to me by the grant of Letters-Patent, is-

A fabric fastener comprising two loopelements; a central brace-plate having two parallel slots; two button-elements each having a base containing two slots; a tape whose ends are so mounted through the slots of said button-elements as to be secured in place therein without other fastening means, the central portion of said tape being passed through the slots of the brace-plate and through the inner ends of said loop-elements.

In testimony whereof, I havejsigned my name to this specification, in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

GUSTAVU S H. GRAY. Witnesses:

N. E. BROOKMAN, J. L. HOPKINS.

Conic-s of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents.

Washington, D. G. 

